Study it in the app“And I, look, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel; to you they are a gift, given to YHWH, to do the service of the tent of meeting.”
And I,וַאֲנִיlook,הִנֵּהI have takenלָקַחְתִּיyour brothersאֶת אֲחֵיכֶםthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםfromמִamongתּוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלto youלָכֶםthey are a gift,מַתָּנָהgivenנְתֻנִיםto YHWH,לַיהוָהto doלַעֲבֹדthe serviceאֶת עֲבֹדַתof the tentאֹהֶלof meeting.מוֹעֵד
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgift
Gift, present.
Where else “matana” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netunim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearswork
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avod” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appearstabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appearsmeeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears5And you shall keep the charge of the holy place and the charge of the altar, so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel.
6 · This verse (above)
7But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood in every matter of the altar and of what is inside the veil, and you shall serve. As a service of gift I give your priesthood, and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
